ANSWERS: 9
  • They could be a really great actor or actress or they could have multiple personalities.
  • I think it takes less than a year and I think that I know a lot of you pretty well. I trust some people enough to share personal information, etc.
  • Not necessarily. I would give them the benefit of the doubt but would not die of shock if they turned out to be something other than what they seem on here. After all, I'm a little different in real life than I am on here. I have the benefit of thinking things through and even looking up information to back myself up. I don't have that in real life. Some people are on line for the sole purpose of being someone else. They even have several identities to use depending on who they want to be at the time. I guess you just never really know. But, the same can be said in real life too. You never really know about some people there either. It's harder to disguise yourself in real life, however.
  • That's hard to say. There are a lot of couples that have been married for years who come to find out that the person that they married wasn't who they thought they were. So knowing someone from just being on-line with them would be hard to tell in my opinion.
  • they many be genuine or may be fake.....the mind understands it very well but enjoys or feels content in thinking that everything is real hundred percent
  • It depends. I have only been a member of AB for around 16 months, and I already feel that there are people here who I just KNOW are who they say they are. I read the whole thing with somebody saying Joel could be 'Frank', but honestly, I think it's nonsense. Joel set AB up, he has a works email, there are bits of him scattered over the internet. There's just too much evidence in favour that Joel really is Joel Downs. The same goes for regular 'baggers, there's too much evidence they are who they say they are...even though I've known some of them less than 12 months, never mind 2 years. There are others who I wouldn't be shocked to find out were 'someone else' although their behaviour has been consistent the whole time. I think it has to be taken on a case by case basis.
  • Some people like to keep certain aspects of themselves private, so they may keep their true gender or age hidden to protect themselves. But I would suggest It's hard to keep a total sham going for 2+ years without a great deal of effort. I used to try to protect my identity online back in the day, but it's just not worth the effort. How do you keep track of all the lies? Not for me, sorry. I've also gotten to the point where if I became friends with someone and they turned out to have hidden some things from me, I wouldn't react as badly as I might have 10 years ago. Fact is, some people just aren't comfortable putting it all out there. And I respect that.
  • Yeah i would.. I like to think people are who they are or who they pretend to be :)
  • I would - but I'm gullible. I WANT to believe them - so I probably would :) Good question

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